They said it couldn't be done! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[Runescope]

They called me CRAZY to try! They said I was MAD! Well, I'll show them, I'll show them ALL!

So ... here's the thing I want to show you.

Yes, that is a working monorail. It doesn't go fast, about 10m/sec (36km/hr or 22 Miles/hr) at maximum speed. Well, not exactly. It WILL go faster, but anything faster than 10m/sec and it doesn't corner well. You can see that at about the 3Min mark. lol

I'd like to find a way to get a longer straight stretch so I can open up the throttle. Right now the entire track is assembled in the SPH. I've experimented with constructing a track section by section, but they keep blowing up for some reason as I link them together.

To keep the part count down, I've used the UbioZur Welding Ltd. Continued Mod to make each track section. I ended up having to make a right-curving track and a left curving track because of how root parts attach. But it works fairly well.

[LordFerret]

That's awesome!

[Liowen]

That is awesome.....but it made me think of something...and well now this

is stuck in my head LOL

[Voculus]

Holy crap! Runescope, you magnificent bas***d! You won KSP! I can't wait to see the next car design with an IVA. And jet engines.

[Cupcake...]

That's fantastic, well done!

Cupcake...

[Captain Sierra]

Suggestion 1: IIRC, struts have no collision, so you could reinforce the rollers.

Suggestion 2: Would the tan rover wheels also be doable as a means of locomotion? Perhaps if you mounted them to press against the underside of the track you dould do it that way?

I now feel compelled to build one of these on minmus to make a beeline between colonies. Anyone know how much of a freakout the game would have if I made a track several kilometers long? (using hangar extender, I'm looking at the length of the runway, which is what, 6km?)

[timsfitz]

That's fantastic!

[Jimbimbibble]

You might have serious issues if you make a track longer than 2.5km because the track would be larger than the load radius. It would be interesting to see what happens though.

[Runescope]

Suggestion 1: IIRC, struts have no collision, so you could reinforce the rollers.

Suggestion 2: Would the tan rover wheels also be doable as a means of locomotion? Perhaps if you mounted them to press against the underside of the track you dould do it that way?

I now feel compelled to build one of these on minmus to make a beeline between colonies. Anyone know how much of a freakout the game would have if I made a track several kilometers long? (using hangar extender, I'm looking at the length of the runway, which is what, 6km?)

I'll give the struts a try, but as for the tan rover wheels, they don't get any traction on the parts. They were the first wheels I tried when building this.

If you get a 6km one to work anywhere, I want to see that!

[ScriptKitt3h]

This is amazing! I'm tempted to start experimenting with roller coasters using stuff like this....

[KerBlam]

That is mental.

[Richy teh space man]

Awesome work!

I have an idea though, what if you made track sections 1 km long and put them close enough to each other (but still not connected) but close enough so that your tram could hop across the gap in between? That might let you get round the loading limit and have a monorail of unlimited length.

[KerBlam]

You could try to camber the corners as well, to increase turning speed. Think tilt monorail.

[Captain Sierra]

I'll give the struts a try, but as for the tan rover wheels, they don't get any traction on the parts. They were the first wheels I tried when building this.

If you get a 6km one to work anywhere, I want to see that!

Time to fire up hyperedit and drop it on minmus!

[colmo]

Not the first one, but it's been a while:

The really interesting work was on building railways out of statics. I'm hopeful Kerbal Konstructs makes it to a stage we can have true railway tracks covering long distances.

[Van Disaster]

We did a bunch of these when someone was trying to make trains, I remember:

from nearly two years ago time is passing too fast.

Good idea with the part welding, pity it wasn't around back then - after three track segments my part count was painfully high.

[Runescope]

Awesome work!

I have an idea though, what if you made track sections 1 km long and put them close enough to each other (but still not connected) but close enough so that your tram could hop across the gap in between? That might let you get round the loading limit and have a monorail of unlimited length.

I actually did that on one iteration of my design. Things bounced all over the place

- - - Updated - - -

You could try to camber the corners as well, to increase turning speed. Think tilt monorail.

THAT ... is a dang good idea. Though tricky to implement it would solve certain problems of inertia.

- - - Updated - - -

Not the first one, but it's been a while:

The really interesting work was on building railways out of statics. I'm hopeful Kerbal Konstructs makes it to a stage we can have true railway tracks covering long distances.

I will have to investigate Kerbal Konstructs, see if I can coax a useable design out of it.

[federicoaa]

You could make a roller coaster

[bonyetty]

Just a thought. A roller coaster filling a 2.5km box or sphere. I Don't have the time or patience but wold love do see someone make one.

[Captain Vlad]

Crazy Awesome.

[xcorps]

This...this is why I hate people.

Nice work.

[SaturnV]

This is crazy!

So kerbal, much explosion!

[OrtwinS]

This...this is why I hate people.

Nice work.

I think you mixed up 'hate' and 'love'.

[Mighty1]

Now do the same thing with a mainsail

[2001kraft]

Yay for ion engines!